Magdim Metshin
Magdim Metshin (born Magdim Mukhametshin in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is a Russian-American serial entrepreneur currently residing in California, United States.
With his first business at 11 years old, he later created and co-founded 7 companies. The companies he co-founded varied from ADA Sport, an animation sport with dozens of millions of views online, to ROFL Cafe, a restaurant on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles with the celebrity chef Govind Armstrong. They include:
- ADA Sport
- ROFL Cafe
- iCups Technologies
- 7Epic
Magdim Metshin is widely known for creating a buzz around his invention iCups, getting over 1 billion impressions in the media. He took the idea of two cups and string, funded it on Kickstarter, and distributed it to over 1000 stores, including the largest retail chain - Spencer's Gifts.[1][2]
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Early life and education
Metshin was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He created his first business when he was 11 years old selling fireworks in his school and district. When he was 16 where, he was accepted to Dovgan's University, a special entrepreneurial program organized by Russian oligarch Vladimir Dovgan. Metshin and 20 of his fellow team members were the apprentices of Dovgan. He graduated from Moscow State Industrial University.[3]
Career
ADA Sport
Metshin was the co-founder of ADA Sport, where he had worked as a producer and marketer from 2009 to 2014.
iCups
He also founded iCups Technologies in 2014, which he still owns and manages. Metshin had also filed for a trademark for iCups in 2014.[4][5]
iCups was originally released as a comical low-cost alternative to the iPhone 6.[6] Originally, iCups had been part of an iPhone parody animation, but Metshin then decided to make iCups an actual product via a Kickstarter fundraiser.[7]
ROFL Cafe
Inspired by Madan Kataria's works on laughter yoga, he opened a laughter-themed restaurant called ROFL Cafe (The Republic of Laughter Cafe)[8] on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles with Alex Vasilkin, Peter Silkin, and Sergey Denisov.[9][10][11][12][13][14] The restaurant was also inspired by Emoto's ideas of positive human consciousness being able to affect water's molecular structure.[15][16][17]
Other achievements
Metshin is also the director, producer, and writer of the 2011 short film Will Die for Food 2011.[18]
Blockchain adoption is one of his main interests. Metshin has organized many blockchain conferences in Silicon Valley and in Asia, including the Global Blockchain Forum, which he is a co-founder of.[19][3][20]
From 2018 to 2019, Metshin was the Head of Marketing at Propy, a Palo Alto-based start that uses blockchain technology in the real estate industry.[21]
In October 2019, Metshin co-founded 7Epic, a blockchain marketing agency,,in the San Francisco Bay Area.[21]
References
- ↑ Stoneback, Robert (September 19, 2014). "iCups Kickstarter Asks for $10,000 for "iRonic" String Cup Phone". The Escapist Magazine. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/137548-iCup-String-Cup-Phone-Wants-10-000-on-Kickstarter.
- ↑ Swan, Rachel (September 25, 2014). "The Next Great Phone Innovation: The iCup". SF Weekly. http://www.sfweekly.com/news/the-next-great-phone-innovation-the-icup/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 RocketReach profile
- ↑ iCups trademark details. Justia.
- ↑ Magdim Mukhametshin. Angel.co.
- ↑ Schneider, Steven (September 20, 2014). "Meet the iCups, the iPhone 6's most ironic competition yet". Tech Times. https://www.techtimes.com/articles/16047/20140920/meet-the-icups-the-iphone-6s-most-ironic-competition-yet.htm.
- ↑ Taylor, Victoria (October 23, 2014). "Can’t afford a new iPhone? There is always iCups Luxury". New York Daily News. https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/afford-new-iphone-icups-luxury-article-1.1984972.
- ↑ "ROFL Cafe". Yelp. https://www.yelp.com/biz/rofl-cafe-los-angeles. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Kang, Matthew (Aug 9, 2012). "ROFL Cafe Serves Melrose, Menu by Govind Armstrong". Eater. https://la.eater.com/2012/8/9/6556723/rofl-cafe-serves-melrose-menu-by-govind-armstrong. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Tomicki, Hadley (Aug 9, 2012). "ROFL Cafe Now Open on Melrose, With Menu by Govind Armstrong". New York Grub Street. http://www.grubstreet.com/2012/08/rofl-cafe-opens-west-hollywood-melrose-govind-armstrong.html. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Almendrala, Anna (Sep 3, 2012). "Govind Armstrong Back On Melrose Avenue With ROFL Cafe (PHOTOS)". https://www.huffpost.com/entry/govind-armstrong-rofl_n_1845091. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Kang, Matthew (Aug 9, 2012). "ROFL Cafe Serves Melrose, Menu by Govind Armstrong". Eater. https://la.eater.com/2012/8/9/6556723/rofl-cafe-serves-melrose-menu-by-govind-armstrong. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Tomicki, Hadley (Aug 9, 2012). "ROFL Cafe Now Open on Melrose, With Menu by Govind Armstrong". New York Grub Street. http://www.grubstreet.com/2012/08/rofl-cafe-opens-west-hollywood-melrose-govind-armstrong.html. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Almendrala, Anna (Sep 3, 2012). "Govind Armstrong Back On Melrose Avenue With ROFL Cafe (PHOTOS)". https://www.huffpost.com/entry/govind-armstrong-rofl_n_1845091. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ "ROFL Cafe Celebrates Grand Opening". Patch. https://patch.com/california/westhollywood/rofl-cafe-celebrates-grand-opening-on-melrose. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Kang, Matthew (Aug 9, 2012). "ROFL Cafe Serves Melrose, Menu by Govind Armstrong". Eater. https://la.eater.com/2012/8/9/6556723/rofl-cafe-serves-melrose-menu-by-govind-armstrong. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Tomicki, Hadley (Aug 9, 2012). "ROFL Cafe Now Open on Melrose, With Menu by Govind Armstrong". New York Grub Street. http://www.grubstreet.com/2012/08/rofl-cafe-opens-west-hollywood-melrose-govind-armstrong.html. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Magdim Mukhametshin. IMDb.
- ↑ Propy profile
- ↑ Voice of Blockchain 2019
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Magdim Metshin. LinkedIn.
